New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-12-17
THE BROOKLYN PHILH fRIONIC SOClEiT

In prcnarnC his programme FOR the second concert
Of the Brooklyn Philharmonic socsty's thrtieth sea
son. which will take place to-ni-ht, Mr. Thomas TOOK
advantage OF the Circumstance that to-day Is tho ono
hundred and seventeenth anniversary of the birth Oh
Dccthovrn and devoted the entire scheme to that COM
posers music lie went little further too, In what
VIC can safely assume was an educational PURPOSE
and pIaccd on the programme the first three overtues
composed for FldelO' I'm succession. There IS an
aspect I'm which such proceeding Is highly commend
allie lut tn, performance at tho public rehearsal yes
tcrday afternoon suggested the thought thai II IL was
designed the public should be taught how couscicn-
tou.lv and zealousy great master strove to create
an arurorrlatc Introduction to his only opera 1t "oud
havo Leon wiser 20 have given the first, third ana
fourth overturcs instead of the first second ana third
Every who Is at all familiar with inc history VI
Fldclior knows that tho overture Hno"n a'
Lronoro No o." f. only new version OF that eli
filled Ieonore No 90 as ono might say, rev iSed
and muroyed by the author" while the first and last
ar, distinct compositions. In the comparatively I'M
familiar Ieonorc No. /" melody IS Introduced
rb,t Of the Tlorcstan's7 first air which l. retained
in Nos and g. but tbcrc the resemblance ends While
tho Iidco OvcrfurN' IS composed OF enillcy he"
matter It would, therefore, nave Locn more Inter
cst.ng to tho general public unless Mendcissohh'
famous LeiI5ic example In giving ths four compost
ton, H. succession rot to Lc followed II tho hsl'
third and fourth overttres had been given The con
. and can have only object, namely to aI'ofd
cl,up.c mo Icctho,cn's method OF rcmOdciiing and
impoving a composition once given out a. finished
work. aid to taho tina; glimpse requires some degree
Of se.,a training OF az least few suggestions which
might have been printed on the programme
The hrs, overture va, npt performed ia connection
with the opera at its first production. bit vas put
a,ld. is LcetoNcn on tic alsIc- OF number % Ju-
dlcion, friend, who wcio Invited BY him TO Trial
hearlus II has been argued with ~ small amount
OF ,l and considerable how o reason. that al things
CON dcrcd tho re- ,ctcd overtime vas really the best
adapicd rs purpose ILL lion /" inc opera
and We confess that yesterday h5 argument seemed To
have mOro iO.cuc5 than We hal h..A.ftO cIcM'cd u
with The trivial character which bceihoVen' adj
wiser, found II dos not .o.cc :is'lf into rho fore
ground 30 realistically when o., contemplate, the de-
l.ci, Of IN, grca symphonic poems that succeeded IT,
viewed as iutruIlc,o.ls 10 tho ieat opera whose
great dramatic n.oucIs nOi .cai icI ~ the sec
ord act INC phrase tho hnalc borrowed nom The
-.,,lO OF Flores. a. eone D'ht 10 ""I'H lac ""@
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